- Operated CNC machines to produce precision parts and components.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for machining tasks.
- Conducted regular maintenance on equipment to ensure optimal performance.
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- Collaborated with team members to enhance production efficiency.
- Monitored quality control standards during the machining process.
- Utilized measuring tools to verify dimensions of finished products.
- Troubleshot and resolved machine malfunctions quickly and effectively.
- Trained junior machinists on safe operating procedures and equipment usage.
- Performed routine maintenance on machinery, including lubrication, cleaning.
- Read blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerance of finished work piece.
- Changed worn cutting tools as needed during operation.
- Followed written instructions to set up and operate manual equipment and computer-controlled production machines.
- Calculated dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Set up and operated various machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments.
- Monitored production output levels and made adjustments as necessary to maintain production goals.
- Measured and marked dimensions and reference points to meet precise specifications.
- Drilled holes in parts using drill presses.
- Fabricated tools, jigs and fixtures to meet manufacturing and engineering needs.
- Verified conformance of finished work piece to specifications by checking measurements with a variety of precision measuring instruments such as height gauges, surface plates and protractors.
- Trained new employees in the use of machinery used in the manufacturing process.
- Operated forklift to place finished products on skids and transport to warehouse.
- Observed machine operations to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance machining and adjust machines accordingly.
- Constructed appropriate offset corrections for tool wear, broken tools, and casting variations.
- Selected appropriate speeds and feeds according to metal type and finish specifications.
- Maintained logs, lists and files and promptly completed necessary paperwork.
- Used grinding equipment for finishing surfaces and sharpening cutting edges on machined parts.
- Sharpened, replaced and tracked cutting tools to adhere to strict quality control and usage schedules.
- Aligned components for assembly according to blueprint specifications using measuring instruments such as calipers or dial indicators.
- Assembled machined parts into mechanical units using hand tools and power tools.
- Gauged and maintained tolerances on grinding diameters, depths, squareness and parallelism.